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logical investigation, but with this important distinction, it 

 is concerned not with wild animals at large but with the 

 breeding and management of animals in captivity. Its per- 

 sonnel is composed not of biologists but of men trained in 

 animal husbandry. Up to the present time its work has been 

 confined to experiments with fur-bearing animals although 

 it presents a nucleus around which could be built a division 

 devoted to the study of all species of animals that might 

 profitably be raised in captivity. 



Roughly, the Division's work may be said to be the study 

 of the nutrition, embryology, and genetics of fur-bearing 

 animals. As yet, its field work has been limited to two 

 cooperative stations, one at Fontana, California, for the 

 study of rabbits and one at Church Creek, Maryland, for 

 muskrats, besides the United States Fur Animals Experi- 

 mental Station at Saratoga Springs, New York for a variety 

 of other species. 



The independent project for the study of animal diseases 

 was formerly part of this Division and still draws its budget 

 allowance from the fur project although it is now respon- 

 sible directly to the Chief of the Bureau. The work is 

 financed on a cooperative basis by the University of Minne- 

 sota with the aid of certain other universities. 



Division of Game Management: This Division, estab- 

 lished as a result of the reorganization of July 2, 1934, 

 combined in one unit the work formerly carried on by the 

 Division of Predatory Animal and Rodent Control and the 

 Division of Game and Bird Conservation. The activities of 

 the Division are of three types: control of predatory ani- 

 mals, management of refuges, and enforcement of the game 

 laws. For purposes of administration the country has been 

 divided into eight regions and at the head of each has been 

 placed a regional director responsible for the work in his 

 respective area. In effect, this reorganization decentralized 



